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IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News Ric Francis, executive director of operations, said: "We are reducing IT contractor spending but by reconverting to permanent," adding: "We are hiring as we speak. This saves money and also gets around our current freeze on full-time hiring. [28 Mar 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News Everyone we're talking to at the moment is talking about strong hiring plans for this year. But talk of a wider economic slowdown is not putting companies off hiring tech staff going into the new year, said Wassall, who added there is "still a... [10 Jan 2008]
Fresh tech talent in demand next year
News Recent turbulence in the banking sector has not affected graduate hiring plans in the financial services industry, according to a poll conducted by tech grad recruitment site the IT Job Board. The survey of 50 UK organisations found the vast... [23 Nov 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Banks hardest hit by staff crisis
News Such shortages can be adequately filled by hiring contractors, according to the majority of respondents from the FS, public and retail sectors. Half of the respondents to the survey who work in the FS sector said they have tech job vacancies they... [28 Aug 2007]
"Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis?
News An unemployed reader from Virginia, US, said: "When are companies going to wake up and see the correlation between a shortage of skilled talent and their own discrimination against hiring anyone over 45? [21 Aug 2007]
How to succeed in China, India and beyond
News Creating a wholly owned subsidiary, as opposed to hiring a third-party business or engaging in a joint operation, is the best strategy for meeting goals in emerging markets. Successful companies avoid applicants with a history of 'job hopping' and... [25 Jan 2007]
Pay rates for techies skyrocket
News Recently it was revealed that some superstar IT workers are so in demand they are hiring their own Hollywood-style agents. As a result nearly half (49 per cent) of all IT workers are now either seriously looking for a new job, or open to... [07 Nov 2006]
Little hope for anti-ageism laws
News The legislation, which comes into effect on 1 October, makes it illegal for companies to discriminate against individuals based on their age during the hiring process or when considering promotion or providing on-the-job training. [29 Sep 2006]
IT salaries on the up in the Far East
News The hiring trend for all job functions remains positive across the sector this quarter, according to Hudson. Brisk hiring activities can also be expected and IT professionals are likely to be encouraged - by this environment - to change jobs, she... [20 Jul 2006]
Investment banks - now hiring IT workers
News Where insurance companies and high street banks create 18 per cent and 16 per cent of jobs, respectively, investment banks have a 57 per cent share in the financial services job market, according to a survey by IT recruitment company ReThink. [28 Mar 2006]
New work-permit rules 'will help plug UK IT skills gap'
News The UK's Professional Contractors Group (PCG) also welcomed the new points-based system and said it will help stop companies hiring workers from overseas except where there is a genuine skills gap. Most overseas IT workers will fall into the top... [08 Mar 2006]
Top UK execs confident on jobs and spending
News More than three-quarters plan hiring in the next six months and nearly half expect to increase spending this year. He added: "As optimism for the global economic climate improves, top executives are more apt to focus on improving their own... [25 Jan 2006]
IT guy becomes new Betfair CEO
News In a silicon.com interview last year before this appointment, Yu said: "I think the secret of my success here has been hiring people who are smarter than me, who know their areas a lot better than I do and you hire them and they just get on with... [05 Jan 2006]
Tsunami 'hacker' gets IT security day job
News The wider issue of the ethics of hiring known hackers or convicted cyber criminals is one that splits the security industry. Last year, German firewall vendor Securepoint was criticised after hiring Sven Jaschan, a teenager who had been charged... [11 Nov 2005]
Judge wrist-slaps Microsoft for Media Player behaviour
News The news drew disapproval from Kollar-Kotelly, who said she wanted the project to be a priority, even if it meant hiring more people to do the job. A federal judge scolded Microsoft on Wednesday for devising a marketing plan that would have forced... [27 Oct 2005]
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